Speaking exclusively Saturday to 1010 WINS, the mother of one of the accused insists her son did nothing wrong. The teen’s mother says he should’ve been allowed to play.

“His and everybody else’s names are going to out there tonight. They’re juveniles, you’re supposed to protect that,” she said. “That’s the one thing we were trying to argue with the Board. Until you have the facts of this case, which you don’t, how can you punish these children? Ours in particular because we’ve already proved to you that he was not there.”

Attorneys for the players had argued they were punished without due process and that at least two of the players weren’t even involved in the alleged attack.